Improved felly-plate for carriage-wheels



P. B. MORSE.

Pelly P l at e-forwheels. No. 103,273. I I Patented May 17, 18.70.

Mimeugs mTse N-PETERS. FNOTO-LITH OGRAPNER. WASHINGTON. n. C.

l this specification, and represent in.

new emit.

a FRANCIS-B.

, MORSE, or. PLANTSVILLE, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO HIM- sELr' AND nz'n. SMITH a 00., or SAME PLACE.

mtmrama No..1o3,2r3, dated-May 17, 1870; anteilated m 12, 1870.

mienovnn FELLY-PLATE For. CARRIAGE-WHEELS.

, The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same ville, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticnt, have invented a new Improvement in Fellyfollowin when taken in connection witlrthc accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked 1 thereon, to hexa full, clear,and exact description of the same, and which said drawingsconstitute part of Figure 1, aperspect-ivejview of the plate complete,

asan article of manufacture, and in Figure'2, its application '1 to the fell y.

'lhi's invention relates: to an improvement in: the plate or band for securing t-he meeting ends of carriageavheel fellyspandconsists in a vband, formed to surround thefellyatthe meeting points, and so. much longer, upon its inner than outer side, thata considera-bleangle willbe formed across the face of the felly.

r The usualfelly-plate consists of a plateof metal placed uponthe underjjside-of the felly, through which and/the felly, nonemrivets are placed to secure the t-woends. a

' Bands have been formedtoextend entirely around the felly at the meeting points, but in such cases the band has been of even width, and the shoulder on the felly square across, so that,in use, the shoulder jams hard and square against the metal, and soon raises or i'ndents the wood at the shoulder, occasioning a 1oosening of the plate,,a difficulty which, by my invention, is entirely overcome, and the use of bolts or other security of the plate entirely avoided.

A is the telly-plate, formed, from thin metal, to entirely surround the felly at the meeting ends, its inner side, B, being so much longer than the outer side,

0,-that the ends of the plate form an angle of about forty-five degrees, more or less. 3 Into this band the two parts of the felly,'D and E, are placed, a tenon being formed upon'their ends,

with shoulders corresponding to the angles of the plate, and the felly is finished flush with the surface of the plate, so that, when the wheel is finished, the appearance of the plate is entirely hidden, and this construction changes the hearing from a direct line from the upper to the lower side, so as to make the bearing farther-from the meeting point 'of the lower side than upon the upper, the wheel is greatly strengthened, and, the shoulder being inclined, doesnot upset the wood or loosen the plate, as does a narrow band, the ends Witnesses JOHN H. SHUMWAY, A. J. Tmm'rs, 

